sábado, 27 de fevereiro de 2010

I have a great calendar that I love – it’s part art (pretty illustrations of plants and birds) and part practical garden and folksy greenery type info. There’s always some bit of folklore or wisdom listed on each month that I didn’t have a clue about. For example for February:

Did you know that the full moon on Sunday is called The Snow Moon – it was an Indian name that was given for the full moon in February because there’s almost always snow on the ground. I was hoping it would be a misnomer this year, but as you can see from my gargoyle Dedo above there’s snow in the air.

The English called it a Wolf Moon for one reason or another. It’s also called the Hunger Moon – that must harken back to colonial times when there wasn’t a scrap of food to be found; and the Candles Moon – would love to know where that comes from. The Buddhists call it Navam Poya. So have a lovely Navam Poya this weekend!